Idleness Intensifies Knee Arthritis

People with knee arthritis are trapped in a vicious cycle. Such people find even simple activities like walking or climbing the stairs painful and arduous. But if they do not stay active, then the arthritis gets worse.

A new study confirms a hunch doctors had for decades: inactivity worsens the intensity of arthritis in the knee. For many years, doctors have been recommending physical activity to their arthritic patients. Now there is a conclusive study which shows how right such doctors were. It is time to make this recommendation a part of the standard diagnosis.

Researchers observed 107 patients. Their average age was 69 years. They were asked how often they avoided physical activity. Researchers found that people who avoided activity were more disabled than those who persisted in performing physical activity in spite of the pain.

In the short term, pain can be reduced with regular physical activity. In people with advanced arthritis, however, regular activity has no impact on the feeling of pain or the intensity of the disease.

Due to inactivity, the muscles around the knee joint become weak. They are less able to bear the weight of the body and the stress of motion. This increases the pressure on the joints, which in turn leads to greater pain. This increases the feeling of disability.  Patients who are reluctant to keep their knees active get trapped in a downward spiral of more pain and greater disability.

Inactive people in the study were unsure of their ability to move about, and reported greater pain. Such people avoided even simple everyday tasks because they were afraid of the pain.

According to the researchers, patients with knee arthritis need to remain active and perform simple exercises regularly.

While the researchers were able to see the connection between inactivity and disability, they admitted that other factors may be also operating in the background. Their position is that further research is required on this topic.

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